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		<title>Google Docs &amp; Maps in WordPress</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/06/google-docs-maps-wordpress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February when I attended PodCamp Toronto 2010 I noticed how they had used Google Docs embedded in and iframe within a WordPress page for the conference schedule. I thought this was a brilliant idea. This week I was able to appropriate this idea for use on the http://cgpa.ca website. The CGPA Conference organizers will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Julie/Julia Project &#8211; A Blogging Success Story</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/06/julie-julia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/06/julie-julia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other evening I was sitting with some friends and we started to talk about the movie Julie &#38; Julia and the blog. One of the women hadn&#8217;t heard the story&#8230;. The Blog: Julie &#38; Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. Take a step back in time&#8230;. Julie Powell began blogging on Sunday, August [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updating your WP Installation &amp; Plugins</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/06/updating-your-wp-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/06/updating-your-wp-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wp-admin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=2445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From time to time you will need to update your WordPress installation to the latest version. WordPress has a built in alert system that lets users know when their installations are out of date. Whenever a new version of WP is released you will see a message at the top of your wp-admin dashboard telling you that you need to update your installation. Sometimes security vulerabilties are corrected with new releases and other times new features are added making improvements to the functionality of WordPress]]></description>
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		<title>Premium WordPress Themes</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/05/premium-wordpress-themes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/05/premium-wordpress-themes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WP Themes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a specific need for your site it is often best to source a theme that has been built to meet that need. If, for instance, you are a realtor and want a site where you can display property listings, purchasing a Premium Theme can provide you with the functionality you need and from there the theme can be further customized.]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source File Management Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/04/open-source-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/04/open-source-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#wpto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=2385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I tried to get my new laptop with Windows 7 setup.... only to discover that my version of  WS_FTP won't work with Windows 7 and I have to pay for an upgrade.  So I said forget it and switched over to Filezilla the open source file transfer program.  From my twitter friends I then learned about other open source tools that they use.]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress as a CMS &#8211; Content Management System</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/04/wordpress-cms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/04/wordpress-cms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plugin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress 101]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=2316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WordPress is so much more than a blogging platform.  Some developers will argue that the WordPress CORE isn't a CMS in the true sense of the term; as WordPress allows users to publish web content most of us would say the term is appropriate.  If you need to extend the capabilities of WordPress all you have to do is install the Pods CMS plugin and  WordPress will be a complete CMS.]]></description>
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		<title>1000 Awesome Things &#8211; A Blogging Success Story</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/04/1000-awesome/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/04/1000-awesome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#WCTO2010]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=2263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I read about a Toronto blogger, Neil Pasricha, who has a great success story. When Neil began blogging he didn’t anticipate that his site would gain a readership of millions of people, win awards, gain media attention and he never dreamt that it would lead to a book deal. AWESOME!]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress Plugin &#8211; All in One SEO Pack</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/04/all-in-one-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/04/all-in-one-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meta tags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plugin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wp-admin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=2235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An essential plugin for WordPress is the All in One SEO Pack .   This tutorial will explain what it does and show you how to use this plugin on your WordPress site.  WordPress already goes a long way toward creating an SEO friendly website but adding this powerful plugin will give you even more control. The All in One SEO pack plugin generates meta data automatically and allows you to customize it as you see fit.
]]></description>
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		<title>WordCamp Toronto Day 2 &#8211; Trailmeme for WordPress</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/03/wordcamp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/03/wordcamp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#WCTO2010]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=2158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A big THANK YOU goes out to Matthew Yuill and Melissa Feeney and the WordCamp volunteers for all their hard work organizing WordCamp Toronto 2010. Thanks also to the sponsors.  If you missed Day 2 here's what you missed.]]></description>
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		<title>WordCamp Toronto Day 1 &#8211; Nice to actually meet you!</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/03/wcto2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/03/wcto2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#WCTO2010]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=2139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I met great people and found that they were open and generous with their knowledge.  WordCamp Toronto was in keeping with the open source spirit and I really liked that.  The Keynote Speaker, Jeremy Wright opened WordCamp with a message that helped set the tone.]]></description>
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		<title>Online Reputation Management &#8211; Your Personal Brand</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/03/online-reputation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/03/online-reputation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Media 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domain name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Personal Branding is all about self-packaging or self-promotion. In the online context  it is about generating a distinguished Web presence of a person on the Internet. We&#8217;ve all &#8220;Googled&#8221; our names (known as the vanity search) to see &#8220;what&#8217;s out there&#8221; on the world wide web about ourselves.   You may just be curious or you may be actively [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Podcamp Extended</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/podcamp-extended/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/podcamp-extended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcamp Toronto 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcamp Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=2045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been blogging all week about the sessions I attended at Podcamp Toronto 2010.  If you&#8217;ve looked at the schedule you know that there were a lot of great sessions happening concurrently. Although technology hasn&#8217;t evolved to the point where I could be present to hear all the presentations live, we do have the next best thing; podcasts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcasting 101: What I learned at Podcamp Toronto</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/podcasting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/podcasting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcamp Toronto 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcamp Toronto]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=2008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What a Podcasting newbie learned at Podcamp Toronto 2010:
What is Podcasting? Listening to Podcasts; Why Podcast? Recording a Podcast; Editing a Podcast; Podcasting from your WordPres blog.
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		<title>Personal Privacy and the Social Web</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/privacy-social-web/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/privacy-social-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcamp Toronto 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcamp Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ All of us, regardless of age need to ask ourselves questions around personal privacy and the social web. 

Brad Buset presented a session at Podcamp Toronto 2010  entitled "Defaulting Privacy: Personal information and the social web".  Brad's presentation about digital privacy helped shed some light on shifting privacy norms and all those little choices online citizens make every day. The creators of Please Rob Me want to raise awareness of the privacy issues surrounding location based services. 
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		<title>What will happen to my websites when I die?</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/death-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/death-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcamp Toronto 2010]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was pleased that this important topic was addressed at Podcamp Toronto 2010 by Adele Mcalear  in a session called "Death and Digital Legacy in Social Media".  This thought-provoking session was the high point of Podcamp for me.  Adele's presentation was very professional and she covered a lot of ground in the short time allocated.  Adele addressed questions such as What happens to your digital life when you pass away? What are the important things you should be thinking about while you are still here?  How do families deal with a digital legacy?]]></description>
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		<title>PodCamp Toronto 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/podcamp-toronto-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/podcamp-toronto-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcamp Toronto 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcamp Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1902</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PodCamp is a free "unconference" that brings together professionals and hobbyists from Toronto and the GTA to explore the cutting edge of new and social media. Recently I looked at my notes from last year's WordCamp but I couldn't make much sense out of them.  I've decided not to let that happen with my Podcamp notes; I'm going to blog this week about what I learned from PodCamp Toronto 2010.
]]></description>
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		<title>When is the Best Time to Publish a Post?</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/publish-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/publish-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that Sunday evening during the Super Bowl isn't a good time to publish a post but when is a good time?  Is there a "best" time to post so that people will pay attention to your post?  Here are a few points to consider before you hit the publish button. 

]]></description>
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		<title>How To Tweet &#8211; Twitter tips for beginners</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/tweet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/tweet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a twitter account and are asking "Now what?" then read on.   Learn about using the twitter # hash tag, retweeting, @replies, direct messages, using twitter lists, how to shorten links for tweeting purposes, and twitter tools for your desktop and your phone.  Once How to Tweet is answered the next questions is What to tweet?]]></description>
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		<title>Checklist of 10 SEO Basics</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/seo-checklist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/seo-checklist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don't let the title of this post confuse you,  there are more than ten things to do when it comes to Search Engine Optimization.  These ten items are the basics that need to be considered  right from the start as your site is being built.  These ten items are also all internal items related to your site content.  If you have an existing site, make sure you covered these ten SEO basics before you turn to external tools to improve your web site's search engines ranking.]]></description>
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		<title>The Social Media Highway &#8211; drive traffic to your Web site</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/socialmedia-highway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/socialmedia-highway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media gives powerful meaning to the phrase "you tell two friends, and they tell two friends, and so on, and so on."  Links in blog comments, re-tweets, social media votes and bookmarks… these are the vehicles that drive content down the social media highway.]]></description>
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		<title>WP Lesson: What in the world is a widget?</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/widget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/02/widget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Widgets are placeholders, they display an information arrangement changeable by the user. Widgets make it easy to customize the content of your blog sidebar without having to change any code. Your theme will come with predefined default items in your sidebar.  A widgetized theme allows you to replace your theme’s sidebar with a dynamic one while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress Logo &#8211; Fight the Fake!</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/wordpress-logo-fight-fake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/wordpress-logo-fight-fake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention WordPress Bloggers! Don't continue to spread the use of the wrong WP logo!]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress Lesson: All about Plugins</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/wordpress-plugins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/wordpress-plugins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newmediamarketing.ca/?p=423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is a plugin?  How do I install a plugin?  How do I update a plugin?  This post will answer these questions with screenshots of the WordPress 2.9 wp-admin area.]]></description>
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		<title>Using Post Thumbnails in WP 2.9</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/post-thumbnails-wp-2-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/post-thumbnails-wp-2-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many magazine style themes use thumbnail images beside the excerpt throughout the theme.  Up until now many themes have used a Custom Field to make this association.   The Get the Image plugin has been one solution that continues to work seamlessly with the new features of WordPress 2.9.   This post assumes that you theme designer has already ensured that thumbnails are working in your theme and  is a quick look at how to add associate a thumbnail image with your post.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Uploading and Editing Images in WP 2.9 Lesson</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/image-resizing-wp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/image-resizing-wp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Added to WordPress 2.9  is the ability to edit your media library images right in the wp-admin.  Without having to add any plugins or use any third party software you can scale, crop, rotate and flip images.  While WordPress developers will continue to use image editing programs such as Fireworks or Photoshop, most of my clients don&#8217;t have one of these programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three SEO trends in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/seo-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/seo-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we start a New Year, let's look at recent trends in the world of  SEO and what SEO professionals are predicting for 2010. Google is making <b>page load time</b> a ranking factor adding Site performance to Webmaster tools; <b>Link diversity</b> is more important than raw link count; and web links coming from social media links are now relevant with the introduction of <b>Real Time Search</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>WP-admin Lesson 3: Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/wpadmin-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2010/01/wpadmin-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In WordPress, you can write either Posts or Pages. You can use WordPress to develop your website and not have blog at all.  WordPress is a powerful content management system. This tutorial to using the WordPress administration backend will guide you through how to add a new page to your blog.
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		<title>Commenting &#8211; Why and How to Comment on a blog post</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2009/12/commenting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2009/12/commenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newmediamarketing.ca/?p=711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this new social age communicating with consumers has suddenly become a two-way street. It's about people talking; it's all about conversation. Commenting is a way to join in the conversation. New media's use of commenting does something that the traditional media can't do very well; allow users to provide feedback openly, publicly and in real time. ]]></description>
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		<title>WP-admin Lesson 2: Writing Your first Post</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2009/12/wp-write-a-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2009/12/wp-write-a-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You are ready to start blogging by writing your first post. Start by editing the WordPress sample post title, permalink and text.  You will also learn about post excerpts, publishing, tags and categories. Let's get started!]]></description>
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		<title>WP-admin an Introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2009/12/wp-admin-introduction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/2009/12/wp-admin-introduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Maude</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dandelionwebdesign.com/blog/?p=1163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first post in a series of posts providing a  step-by-step tour through the WordPress admin for new users. This post includes how to login, reset your password, a view of the Dashboard and configuring a few basic General Settings]]></description>
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